Last week, I mentioned...

 ...that I was playing with my new Gelli plate, and learning the ropes all over again.  Here are some photos from the sporadic sessions.  Some need another layer or two, and some work just beautifully the way they are.  

This one is a fave; the first print was luminous opera and Hansa yellow, followed by a second one of liquid medium, and then a layer of Alizaron Crimson using a  hand-cut Typar stencil. Washing the excess paint from the areas covered in medium is always such a fun process.

I always love the feeling of lace-printed paper, and this is no exception.  A pale green and yellow background was overprinted with a turquoise layer that had been imprinted with lace.  The lace is really pretty now, too, not that it will stay that colour long. 😉

This was printed with several very pale layers, and then over-stamped with a fun foam plate.

I worked with all sorts of toys including fun foam cutouts,

fun foam plates (and my favourite open acrylics),

and my hand-crafted Typar stencils, 

until  the 'extra' shelf and much of the studio floor was covered.

John's favourite one was this print, in the green and gold of his beloved Norwich soccer team. 

My favourite was the first photo above, but I do like this one as well...more to come on it, I suspect. 

This brown one should actually belong on next week's 'brown' post, but goodness knows whether it will remain even close to brown given it's got a ways to go.

And as I'm hosting a bookmark making party this month to reduce my pile of 'scraps', you're probably wondering why I'd be making any more.  Well, it's just because my colour piggery is uncontrollable, of course.  Happy colourful January to you all, and let me know what you've been up to this week in the comments, please.